California · Census place 0606798
Bishop, California
Bishop is a city in Inyo County, California with an estimated 3,746 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 438th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,746
- #438 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -2.1%
- -79 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,014 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Bishop population, 2020 to 2024
Bishop lost 79 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Bishop covers 1.86 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,014 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Bishop is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bishop is in
All of Bishop's residents live in Inyo County, which had 18,485 residents in 2024. Bishop holds 20.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bishop
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bishop by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93514. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bishop is
The Census internal point of Bishop is at 37.366400, -118.395800. Sacramento, the capital, is 188.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mammoth Lakes, CA (7,124 people), 37.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clovis, CA, 80.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.366400, -118.395800
- DMS
- 37°21'59.04"N 118°23'44.88"W
- UTM
- 11N 376402.4E 4136433.4N
- Geohash
- 9qeu9f6g1
- Plus code
- 85939J83+HM
Daylight in Bishop
At 37.37° N, Bishop gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bishop
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Mammoth Lakes, 37.1 miles away, with 7,124 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bishop, CA?
3,746 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 79 (2.1%) from 3,825 in July 2020.
What county is Bishop in?
Inyo County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bishop?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93514.
How far is Bishop from Sacramento?
188.3 miles (303.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Bishop.
What is the nearest larger city to Bishop?
Mammoth Lakes, CA, with 7,124 residents, 37.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.